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“We have done a lot of good things in the last 18 months, but you have got to do it when it matters and it is going to really matter over the next two months,” added Edwards.

“We have performed relatively well at World Cups so far, but I am a little bit sick of watching everybody else in the final. That's how I work.

“There is only one defence coach in the northern hemisphere who has ever won the World Cup and that's Phil Larder. Phil was a great mentor to me. He led the way for people from rugby league to come into rugby union. I have set myself a little target of trying to get into a final.”